North Carolina Short Explanation: With the exception of certain grandfathered networks, cities cannot provide communications services unless they comply with numerous onerous procedural and substantive requirements. For example, public entities must comply with a panoply of legal requirements that do not apply to them, inflate their rates to unattractive levels by adding phantom costs that unspecified private providers might pay if they provided comparable services, forgo use of popular methods of financing public projects, hold a referendum before providing services, and make commercially sensitive information available to inspection by private competitors. Commentary: Under rules like these, communities are left with all the disadvantages of both the public and private sector with no advantages from either. These laws are rigged to ensure the public cannot build a network, allowing existing providers to monopolize the community. Statute: NC Statutes Chapter 160A, Article 16A [pdf] Source: muninetworks.org/communitymap
Posted on: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 17:02:14 +0000
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